Merewioing

Old English Etymology Related to ang la-med Merovingus, ultimately from ang frk *Mārīwīg + frk *-ing. This word appears in the Beowulf manuscript as three separate words mere wio ingas, which is taken by scholars to indicate that the scribe who copied the poem did not recognize the word. Proper noun ang proper noun Merewīoing m genitive Merewīoingas ang hapax the Meroving, the Merovingian king Anonymous, Beowulf 2920b–2921 ang Ūs wæs ā syððanMerewīoingas · milts unġyfeðe. Ever thereafter was the Merovingian king’s grace denied us. Usage notes Only attested in the genitive singular,cxli https://books.google.com/books?id=8ek3p6ILv8wC&pg=PR141 Klaeber's Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg 4th R.D. Fulk, Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles X. Language and Poetic Form 2008 but as a masculine a-stem the nominative is uncontroversial. References